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June 25, 2013
Setback. whats your analysis. >> i can understand why they were disappointed. its amajor loss for the administration. we also need to keep it in perspective. its still unlawful to engage in practices to reduce the voting of minority groups. the act itself is not struck down. were only talking about the preclearance portion that affects the 16 states. it remains law in effect. the prohibitions remain in effect. the court said it didnt like section 4 which isolated these states because it said you...
June 25, 2013
New formula. the opinion written by chief justice roberts strikes down section four. thats the portion that set the formula to determine if a state or county required preapproval before making any voting changes. this preclearance portion of the act is called section five. that section survives. but it has no impact unless congress figures out a new formula and agrees on it. and with this current congress, the odds of that happening are slim. the justices are back tomorrow for the final day of t...
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